Re: unredeemable? NO SUCH THING
Shadowman,
I genuinely hope that people on this forum who are
not Christians, and who do
not maintain this belief system, will reach out to you, or converse with you, as well. This might help you greatly, to benefit from hearing people who maintain a
variety of spiritual perspectives.
All I will say,
from a Christian point of view, is this. The reason you will find a parable about Christ forsaking the
ninety and nine sheep for the sake of the
one, is precisely to help you in such a situation as you're currently in.
Now add to this awareness a piece of esoteric Wisdom, very
powerful in the realization:
You cannot ever attract unto yourselves a greater power than you yourselves are. Therefore you are equipped to meet and transmute anything which you attract. (from the Teachings of Master R. & Lucille Cedercranz, emphasis added)
I can assure you, that from the perspective of the Soul, your outer life -
and ALL the factors you've described - are well in hand. The Soul is
Immortal. It is
indestructible. It is NOT subject to
"heaven and hell," as some people believe. And
you are its incarnation, a fragment of the Soul, that has taken a temporary form.
There is ONE THING ONLY that can bring you to the
state of mind wherein you will have concerns about the "fate of your soul." And that's fear. Remember the saying,
there's nothing to fear, but fear itself.
This is no trite, platitudinous saying. This is God's own Wisdom. It is the truth.
Imagine it this way. If you are familiar with the allegory given to us by that great Philosopher, the
Initiate Plato, then this will make perfect sense. Plato told us that the nature of our incarnate life is like living inside a CAVE.
There is a Light, that is projected against the walls of the cave (like a movie screen), and this corresponds to our incarnation
into the body, from and by the Soul. But most of us, we cannot turn our head, and therefore, we come to
mistake ourselves FOR THE PROJECTION.
We also cannot SEE the Light behind us, which generates the outward images (shadows, indeed, Shadowman), since we cannot turn our head. We cannot even see the true OBJECTS (in the inner worlds), which FORM or CAST these shadows, as the Light strikes them.
To behold the inner reality, it takes a
jivanmukta, a FREE SOUL, a true Master, such as was the Christ, or the Master R. (quoted above), the Buddha, and dozens of others (Thoth-Hermes was such an one, Plato himself, was quite advanced). We gradually learn, as you are no doubt aware, to turn our head, and slowly our inner eye starts to behold the OBJECTS - those aspects of our inner being - which CAST the shadows.
We KNOW, firsthand, that these are the
Greater Reality, and that clearly, there is much misguided theology and philsophy (
however well intended) ... which leads us into the error of thinking, "I have lost my soul," or "
I shall lose my soul." The SHADOW cannot lose the OBJECT which CAST IT.
WHICH of these, ask yourself,
is the GREATER REALITY?
NEVER could the SHADOW possess the SOUL - it's SOURCE.
But what did Plato tell us (and from
firsthand, direct
knowledge, I might add)? That we could
simply learn to move our heads? No. He gave us a glimpse of an even Greater Reality ... though again, by way of metaphor, an allegory. He told us that it IS POSSIBLE (and destined, I assure you) to GET UP, go outside of the Cave
altogether. (And yes, even
ALL TOGETHER.)
What will we see and know THEN?
Ahhhh. We shall know and behold the Truth. Not even the objects within the Cave,
OR that temporary lightsource - LUCIFER, the LightBearer, or others of the Luminaries - NOT ANY OF THESE ... were or are the GREATEST of the Realities, or Truths. These were only provided, and walked with us for a time (during incarnate life), to help us come to Greater Light, Greater Truth, Greater Wisdom, and to the Presence of God
qua God.
Plato speaks of walking around OUTSIDE of the Cave, in the open air, freely, where the sun shines, grass and flowers grow, butterflies flutter around ... and
nothing but peace, harmony, Beauty and Brotherly Love prevail.
Now as we know, Christ was well aware, ALIVE AND WELL within this Kingdom of Heaven. He knew it, He lived (within) it, and He shared this awareness with those of His day who were able to glimpse it, to understand it, and to co-participate in it WITH HIM, to a degree. They experienced this, as have many of the Saints and Holy Ones of
every calling, since life on Earth first began, and as
will be the case until the VERY LAST Son of the Most High is callled home, and enters into the Father's House. People today, by the
millions, consciously dwell within the Kingdom of Heaven, of God.
Do NOT listen to anyone, ANY voice, who tells you otherwise. Either they lie, or they do not know. In the astral world, it is easy to find, or hear voices - some presences, who are misguided, who have wandered and who FORGET to look toward the light. If I CANNOT SEE the Light (BOUND in the Cave, my head facing
forward only), then I may try to tell you that no such Greater Light (let along the Greatest, God outside the Cave) exists.
Or, if I am bound beside you in this cave, then even if I hold a so-called "Holy Book," then I may ALSO try to tell you something I do not know, but simply fear and believe, because it has been told me, because it is written, and because I TOO, have not not seen that Light. However well intentioned I may be, I speak mistruth.
Rather would I LISTEN to those who have gone before, those who KNOW from experience, and those who BEHOLD the world outside the cave, and Who YET are able to help those of us who still sit within the cave. My advice would be NOT to seek their Voice telepathically, for you will hear the SHOUTS of those speak from ignorance and fear, long before you distinguish the "still, small voice" of Truth and Wisdom. Better to pray, to meditate, and to seek the Voice of the SILENCE.
In this CALM, which CAN and does come to us
within the Cave ... we can establish a rapport, and find strength, in the Reality both outside the Cave, and which is reflected as the LIGHT
inside the cave, behind us, projecting all these images, or
shadows.
As the Christian puts it,
"Be STILL, and Know that I am God." And as the Christ said, "
There is a PEACE, which passeth Understanding." ALL of this, can be experienced while still seated, head facing forward, watching the shadows dance.
NEVER mistake yourself for your shadow, in terms of Plato's Allegory. In context of Jungian, or other mythologies & tools, there is a reality to the "shadow self," in that THIS is who is seated ... and it is ALSO the objects which cast the shadows on the cave wall, to a certain degree. Reality is LAYERED, it is not black & white, or a strict polarity, as some people maintain. We can only ever ask ourseves,
what is the Greater Reality ... since there will ALWAYS be one.
Perhaps some of this is helpful. If you haven't read Plato's Cave Allegory,
in Plato's own writing, then google it. See if it speaks to you.
Love & Light,
andrew/taijasi
